Livestock futures are lightly traded in a mixed range Friday. Volume remains sluggish with very little interest re-entering the market following the holiday Thursday. Traders are looking for additional cash market development, but this may not be enough to shift futures market activity late in the week. Corn futures are lower at midday. September corn futures are holding 4-cent losses at midday. Stock markets are higher in active trade. The Dow Jones is 92 points higher while Nasdaq is up 22 points.

LIVE CATTLE:

The initial mixed price movement in the live cattle futures have faded at midday ...